Sotogrande – low and medium goal 2015

Sotogrande – low and medium goal 2015

By Victoria Elsbury-Legg

With Wednesday came the start of the Bronze Low Goal at the Santa Maria Polo Club in Sotogrande, featuring several very familiar faces from Guards Polo Club, as Clare and Chris Mathias, Juan Cruz Merlos and Freddie Horne – team Clarita headed for the pitches of Sotogrande, winning the opening Bronze Cup game of the season 11 – 8 GSA. In other low goal matches on the opening day, Mahra Polo Team beat Santa Quiteria 12 – 7 and Opel / John Smith won by a large margin at 14 goals to El Cañal’s 4.

Also moving from the English pitches post-high goal to compete in Spain are Malcom Borwick (Opel/Royal Salute – medium goal), and in high goal English players include, Max Charlton and James Harper alongside John Paul Clarkin in Michael Bickford’s – La Indiana, competing against many others who more recently played in the Cartier Queen’s Cup and Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup.